Poems: Before You Fall

Another poem I wrote when I was a teenager, this one after a friend of mine attempted suicide twice. Luckily, she made it through and today we're the best of friends.

I know you've thought of it before,

But always you've found a thing to live for.

I know your pain right now seems endless,

But you are loved and surely not friendless.

 

Come back from the edge, please do not stay,

I promise you now it will all be okay.

But this thing you're doing, it cannot be fixed.

Just give it a chance, don't stand there transfixed.

 

Before you fall, let me share one thing,

And perhaps my words can still give you wings.

I tell you right now, we all still do care.

If we didn't, why would we despair?

 

You must come away, for you are our friend,

And how will we feel if our hope should end?

Your life can be anything, it's just what you make it,

So listen to me, and please do not take it.

Poems: Brighter Tomorrow

I don't remember when I wrote this one. In between relationships when I was a teenager, I think. At least, it was in the filing cabinet with the other poems I wrote as a teenager.

The breeze is brisk and yet it's still warm,

Now I can see what once was a storm.

Hopes, dreams, and promises never intended to hold,

Will see a new day and tomorrows untold.

 

I can see a new hope for the things that might be,

Even if we cannot quite agree.

We're growing stronger with each new breath,

We can rise above all the sadness and death.

 

I'll try more to listen and not always speak,

You should try too, it won't make you weak.

Share life with me, when it's all said and done,

And we'll find the peace of a new day begun.

 

We'll travel together, what a delight,

When we no longer worry who's wrong and who's right.

We'll fix our problems, we'll look within,

And come to the day when we love again.

 

With wishes and merriment in that day anew,

We'll make our lives about me and you.

Leave behind the trials and all of the sorrows,

And we will soon find a brighter tomorrow.

Poems: Life's Dark Paths

I wrote this when I was 10. Haven't changed a word, so it's not very good. I had a thing with rhyming "hold" back then and I used the word "gotten". Hey, I was a kid.

As I've walked along life's dark paths,

I've stumbled, fallen, cried, and laughed.

Each mistake, a lesson that makes me strong,

And a hint to keep moving on.

 

The falls were all warnings, as was the pain,

Once I had heeded, I got up again.

The weeping was anger and sometimes bruised pride,

But this went away as I found my stride.

 

The laughter was an expression of the happiness inside,

The unguarded moments with nothing to hide.

The stumbles were hard and often too cold,

But laughter could save me and make me bold.

 

For everything I've learned and the bruises I've gotten,

For all of the crying and the laughter forgotten,

For the love that came, and the pain of my losses,

And all those tears shed for those worthy causes.

 

Finally I've learned to let go of things,

I stopped crying, now I laugh and I sing.

The way things are now is much to behold,

What once was so dark has now turned to gold.

Poems: The Bond

Digging through old chests you find all kinds of things. This week I found a poem I wrote when I was 9 or 10 that I wrote for my grandmother. It was clearly a school assignment as it had an A+ written on the top, but I remember little else about it. Still, I thought I'd post it since I've been posting poems for the last few weeks anyway.

You let me be who I had to be,

Not just wild but fancy free.

We once spent summers without end,

Out in the country as special friends.

 

I've never been all meek and mild.

I know I was not an easy child.

But never a harsh word did I hear.

Instead you soothed my deepest fears.

 

In the sun we ran and played,

Until we laid down in the shade.

I always basked in your concern,

And my respect you quickly earned.

 

You taught me not to feel depressed,

Or mock myself or be obsessed.

Accepting things you cannot change,

This I taught you in exchange.

 

You never minded little things,

So our bond flourished and grew wings.

And when time came for you to go,

My love for you could only grow.